The international project OONI recorded a significant increase in the blocking of Telegram in Russia from March 20 to 22, with the number of anomalies indicating potential blocking rising fourfold, while the availability percentage remained stable.

The international project OONI recorded a significant increase in the blocking of Telegram in Russia from March 20 to 22, with the number of anomalies indicating potential blocking rising fourfold, while the availability percentage remained stable.

@meduzalive 23 Mar 2026, 15:15

In the first two weeks of March, after the mobile internet was disabled in Moscow, the number of connections to public WiFi networks increased fourfold to 23 million unique sessions, and traffic grew 3.5 times to 54.7 thousand Gb compared to the same period last year.

@meduzalive 23 Mar 2026, 08:17